Lowenstein-Jensen selective medium for reducing contamination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2014 Jul ; 52(7); 2671-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00749-14. Epub 2014 04 30
Abstract
We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PANTA (n = 299), (ii) Selectatab-MB (n = 299), and (iii) penicillin G (n = 234). The contamination rate for LJ alone was approximately 31%, versus 5.0% for PANTA-containing, 2% for Selectatab-containing, and 9% for penicillin-containing media (P
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